Thompson can't outspend the mayor. He will have a hard time out-organizing the mayor. But when it comes to unions, he has a shot at outmaneuvering the mayor.
What would it mean for organized labor, along with the union-backed Working Families Party, to singlehandedly deliver Gracie Mansion to a longshot candidate challenging an incumbent who happens to be the wealthiest person in the city and whose shrinking poll lead peaked at 22%? And is that possible?"There are no shoo-ins in any of the races," said a longtime labor operative. "For a while it looked like Bloomberg was that in the mayor's race. But it's not like that anymore."
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